The dirt of the grave seemed freshly dug. Shiki watched in silence as the brown hill kept rising. Until something, like a bone, came out of it. It was a hand, wth less than five fingers and barely any flesh on it. Then another hand appeared and then a head. A head without eyeballs. The filthy bones had small remains of rotten flesh here and there and a few thin frizzy hairs adorned its skull.
Shiki marveled at this sight. He heard a bat sing in the distance. The...zombie...turned its face towards the source of the sound. He put more force in his skeleton arms and revealed his whole body. Some black misrable rags hung on his bones, covering any gross sight that might have turned Shiki's stomach upside down.
The boy examined the grave more carefully. There was a red rose resting in a fragile vase made of glass. Such flowers could also be found on other tombstones as well. The bat sang again and Shiki was given the opportunity to witness the most amazing phenomenon ever.
The soil began moving unnaturally and many such skeletons emerged from it. Little did Shiki know that he was actually a burden. He realised it when all the zombies looked at him because the bat's song directed them. Their shaky legs commenced stepping, approaching the young boy.
'Should I run?,' he wondered. 'Where to? Home? Will they come after me? Will more of them raise?' He suddenly noticed something. Only the zombies who had a rose on their graves came to the surface. Was that, besides that bat's song, the reason why they revived?
Deciding that wasn't tired of his life just yet, Shiki spun on his heels and ran fast in the opposite direction. Unfortunately, he was greeted by more brainless walking mummies. His body was filled with an unbearable urge to shout and kick and escape. Just as he wanted to move his leg, he froze. It was like his foot grew roots and refused to obey its owner. When he looked down. Shiki saw beige fingers wrapped around both his ankles. The next moment, with a strength he would have never believe these guys capable of, he was pulled underground. He never had knowledge of such catacombs under the cemetery, although he was visiting it often.
The worst part about this new twist of his fate was that the bones in the walls started to fall off and come together as one big creepy creature.He ran forwards, as fast as his legs could.
Shiki marveled at this sight. He heard a bat sing in the distance. The...zombie...turned its face towards the source of the sound. He put more force in his skeleton arms and revealed his whole body. Some black misrable rags hung on his bones, covering any gross sight that might have turned Shiki's stomach upside down.
The boy examined the grave more carefully. There was a red rose resting in a fragile vase made of glass. Such flowers could also be found on other tombstones as well. The bat sang again and Shiki was given the opportunity to witness the most amazing phenomenon ever.
The soil began moving unnaturally and many such skeletons emerged from it. Little did Shiki know that he was actually a burden. He realised it when all the zombies looked at him because the bat's song directed them. Their shaky legs commenced stepping, approaching the young boy.
'Should I run?,' he wondered. 'Where to? Home? Will they come after me? Will more of them raise?' He suddenly noticed something. Only the zombies who had a rose on their graves came to the surface. Was that, besides that bat's song, the reason why they revived?
Deciding that wasn't tired of his life just yet, Shiki spun on his heels and ran fast in the opposite direction. Unfortunately, he was greeted by more brainless walking mummies. His body was filled with an unbearable urge to shout and kick and escape. Just as he wanted to move his leg, he froze. It was like his foot grew roots and refused to obey its owner. When he looked down. Shiki saw beige fingers wrapped around both his ankles. The next moment, with a strength he would have never believe these guys capable of, he was pulled underground. He never had knowledge of such catacombs under the cemetery, although he was visiting it often.
The worst part about this new twist of his fate was that the bones in the walls started to fall off and come together as one big creepy creature.He ran forwards, as fast as his legs could.
